Austin (Wilson County, TN)

Welcome to Austin ...

Although we found mention of Austin during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Austin was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

While we are confident that Austin was located in Wilson County, we don't know its actual location within the county.

We've added Austin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Austin - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Austin, please Contact Us.

When the people of Austin refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Austinite<2>

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Austin might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

We believe that Austin would be found within the (615) area code.

Communities Also Named Austin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we have found that there are two Tennessee communities named Austin: This one is located in Wilson County and the other is located in Hardin County.

Beyond Tennessee, there are 42 communities that are also named Austin - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (3), California, Colorado (2), Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Manitoba, Michigan (4), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington (2) and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Austin.

Adding Austin to Our Gazetteer ...

Our notes show that the earliest dated mention that we've found for Austin was on a map titled Map of Tennessee (from Rand McNally, 1888).

We also found Austin in the Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details about the above, see References and Mentions for Austin on our Genealogy Page.

Other Roadside Stops ...

Communities in Tennessee

About Wilson County

About Tennessee

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Wilson County: www.wilsoncountytn.com/

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Austin and then turned west". While Austin could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Austin as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Austin could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

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A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Austin refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Austin may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.

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